Colorado for the Winter

I just arrived back in Colorado Springs after a two month hiatus from the training center and I’m currently in the middle of week five of base training for the 2010 season. I have no plans to go anywhere warm for base training, the theory being that I do very well training at altitude. My two best results of 2009 came after significant training blocks at altitude (Hy-Vee and Clearwater 70.3). However, it is definitely colder than I’m used to! My parents beefed up my sparse Florida wardrobe with lots of warm clothes including cold weather running stuff so I should be able to handle the Colorado winter. The last time I spent the entire winter in Colorado was a long, long time ago:


Yea…I was a fat baby!